Smilin' on Ya
~ Recording by The Brothers Johnson
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.7 | Smilin' on Ya | 3:46 | The Brothers Johnson | Light Up the Night | The Brothers Johnson | Album |
| A&M Records | SP-3716 |
| 1.7 | Smilin' on Ya | 3:46 | The Brothers Johnson | Light Up The Night (UK LP) | The Brothers Johnson | Album |
| A&M Records | AMLK63716 |
| 1.7 | Smilin' on Ya | 3:43 | The Brothers Johnson | Light Up the Night | The Brothers Johnson | Album |
| A&M Records | 75021 3716 2 |
| 2.4 | Smilin' on Ya | 3:42 | The Brothers Johnson | Stomp: The Best of the Brothers Johnson | The Brothers Johnson | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 1.7 | Smilin' On Ya | 3:43 | The Brothers Johnson | Light Up The Night | The Brothers Johnson | Album |
| A&M Records | UICY-78761 |
Relationships
| recording engineer and mixer: | Bruce Swedien |
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| synthesizer programming: | Steve Porcaro |
| assistant engineer: | John Van Nest Ralph Osborn (engineer) Randy Pipes (Music Engineer) Tim Gerrity (engineer) |
| alto saxophone: | Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) |
| analog synthesizer [Prophet 5] and bass: | Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson) |
| baritone saxophone and soprano saxophone: | Kim Hutchcroft |
| drums (drum set): | John Robinson (session drummer) |
| electric piano: | Greg Phillinganes |
| euphonium, slide brass instruments [slide trumpet] and trombone: | Bill Reichenbach (jazz trombonist) |
| flugelhorn and trumpet: | Gary Grant (brass) Jerry Hey |
| flute and tenor saxophone: | Kim Hutchcroft Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) |
| French horn: | Jerry Hey |
| guitar: | George Johnson (member of Brothers Johnson, guitar) Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson) |
| horn: | The Seawind Horns |
| percussion: | Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist) Richard Heath |
| piano: | Greg Phillinganes Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson) |
| synthesizer: | Greg Phillinganes Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) Steve Porcaro |
| background vocals: | Alex Weir Augie Johnson George Johnson (member of Brothers Johnson, guitar) Jim Gilstrap Josie James Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson) Merry Clayton Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) Quincy Jones Richard Heath Scherrie Payne (R&B singer-songwriter) Susaye Greene-Brown Valerie Johnson |
| vocals: | Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson) |
| conductor: | Bill Reichenbach (jazz trombonist) (strings) |
| horn arranger and strings arranger: | Jerry Hey |
| synthesizer arranger: | Johnny Mandel (American composer and arranger) Quincy Jones Rod Temperton |
| arranger: | Quincy Jones Rod Temperton The Brothers Johnson |
| background vocals arranger: | Quincy Jones Rod Temperton |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | A&M Records, Inc. (in 1980, in 1996) |
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| recorded at: | A&M Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Allen Zentz Recording in Encino, California, United States Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California, United States |
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| mixed at: | Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California, United States |
| recording of: | Smilin' on Ya |
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Related works
Smilin' on Ya
| writer: | George Johnson (member of Brothers Johnson, guitar) Greg Phillinganes Jerry Hey Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson) |
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